Student Support Center
Student Support Services
Students and families who would like free supportive assistance for personal, home, or school-related issues, are welcome to call or drop by the Student Support Center (located in Room F-1). The Center is open during the school year.
Services are confidential (except in those situations when a student’s safety is at risk), and are available in English and Spanish.
For More Information:
Check
out the Student Support Center Homepage
Contact - Mary Struhs, MSW, PPSC, Coordinator (916) 826-3223 or Mary-Struhs@scusd.edu
Adriana Martinez, ASW, PPSC, School Social Worker (916) 776-3349 or Adriana-Martinez-Trujillo@scusd.edu
Amie Harp, Youth and Family Mental Health Advocate (916) 559-0645 or Amie-Harp@scusd.edu
Our Purpose
To support students’ academic success and social/emotional well-being.
Services Provided by Support Center staff and Community-Based Partner Organizations:
- Mental health services
- Support groups (art therapy-based bereavement, stress management, anxiety/depression, newcomer immigrant support)
- One-on-one and group mentoring
- Crisis intervention and safety risk assessments
- Referrals to school and community resources (including food, shelter, housing, employment, public assistance, health insurance, etc.)
- Free school supplies and backpacks
- Home visits
- Lunchtime Wellness Fridays - social/emotional learning activities
- Classroom presentations on suicide prevention education, substance use prevention education, healthy relationships, consent, empathy, and sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence awareness
- Schoolwide activities that build connections between students, reduce bullying, violence and stereotypes, and provide students with increased tools to cope with stress
- Assistance with 504 Plans for students with a mental and/or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. 504 Plans provide accommodations and/or related services to ensure that eligible students have equal access to education
Fentanyl Awareness Assemblies
Presented by Arrive Alive California
On December 17, Hiram Johnson hosted two school assemblies for the majority of our 9th – 12th graders, presented by Arrive Alive CA called Future Focused: Fentanyl Education and Awareness Program. This excellent assembly provided an interactive experience for students to increase their awareness and recognition that fentanyl poisoning is a real problem that affects real lives. On a national level, 76% of drug-related deaths in teens ages 14-18, were due to fentanyl poisoning (CDC Wonder Data, 2023). There were 406 fentanyl-related deaths in Sacramento County in 2023.